No I have not used distilled water. I will pick some up later this week. Thank you for the advice. 

Robert Albert Young Chu
P::415-724-0425


On Sun, Jul 28, 2019 at 9:21 PM Marc Juul <marc@juul.io> wrote:
On 7/28/19, Robert Chu <robert.chu01@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Sudo room I went through the laser cutter system and environment
> thoroughly, and we are now able to use it at 24/7.

Niice!

> there are a couple of loose connections inside that I solded alligator
> clips to to clip onto the laser itself.
>
> I replaced the 4-ft water pump hoses with 6'1 so that there's slack with
> the laser system and water canister.
>
> I cleaned out the water canister a bit and replaced the water.
>

Great! You used distilled/demineralized water right?

> Ripped out all the old tape that partially covered some of the gaps in the
> ventilation system. I'd redone it thoroughly with new foil tape.
>
> I have truncated all excess hosing on the short ventilation run for better
> air flow. I also compressed all of the excess hosing on the larger run for
> better airflow as well. All of the slack has been removed from both sides.
>
> I ventilation leak test by engaging the laser into a thick piece of wood
> for about 30 seconds, which has also cause flames to be admitted from it
> while firing. The test has passed as their husband no smell of of smoke
> inside Sudo To with it on for that period of time.
>
> I am full of excitement, ambition,  joy, and hackery, to let everybody know
> that our MLE-40 laser system is back online. it hasn't been too long
> because it hasn't been done again until now.

Looking forward to playing with it!

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marc/juul